murrax@utai.UUCP (Murray Sherk) (07/09/86)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** FORTHMACS sounds interesting but how can I get ahold of a copy to evaluate (without sending in $50)? It sounds good but I want to check it out. E.g. Is the FORTH image savable as a PRG file with different names? (like Holmes & Duckworth FORTH, unlike 4xFORTH) Would it be out of line to send some more info about it over the net? It's not really a commercial product since it is shareware. I'm sure several people would be interested in a more detailed summary of its features. The tradeoffs that should be made in a modern FORTH system could lead to a lot of interesting discussion too. In my ST system I don't care much about saving memory but I am very concerned with convenience and speed. A directly threaded (i.e. JSR <word1> JSR <word2> ... JMP <wordn> instead of an interpreter and <word1> <word2> ... <wordn> <semi-colon> in the parameter field) version of FORTH makes more sense for me, right? Wrong? --Murray Sherk University of Toronto
mj@myrias.UUCP (07/14/86)
> FORTHMACS sounds interesting but how can I get ahold of a copy to > evaluate (without sending in $50)? Check net.micro.atari16. Also San Leandro Computer Club in California is distributing disks with Forthemacs. The author explicitely gives anybody rights to copy and *give away* any number of copies - provided the whole disk, as is, is copied and given. $50 sontribution is necessary onmly if you will decide to become a registered user and you do not have to do at all. But, in my opinion, this software is well worth its price. Some other goodies will come with a registration, too. Michal Jaegermann Myrias Research Corporation ...ihnp4!alberta!mj